Module 8 : Molecular Rearrangements

Lecture 18 : Rearrangement to Electron Deficient Nitrogen

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8.3.2 Curtius Rearrangement

This rearrangement describes the transformation of acyl azide into isocyanate by decomposition on heating and its application for the synthesis of primary amines, urethanes and ureas as presented in Hofmann rearrangement.

Mechanism

Examples